Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Feb 2009 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows how he saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions, making them help achieve his vision for peace. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. A book to bury yourself in.

Ratings and reviews

Excellent book, very well written and gave me the background to really enrich my visit to Washington DC shortly after reading.

Having read hundreds of mostly historical books this is without doubt the best written and most interesting.

One of the best history books I have ever read.

About the author

Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II and is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream.